Many apologies for the long wait!! It has now been 26 days since I arrived here, in my little town of Canet de Mar.
Before I arrived at my final destination, I made a short detour in Paris for 5 days. Why? Why not!!
The Eiffel Tour, dressed up like the EU flag bc at the moment, its their turn at presidentship. (is that a word?)
My favorite tree in Paris.
I met up with Lauren and her padres, and we had a great time being tourists. Since I´ve already done just about all the touristy things to do, I wanted to just spend this trip walking around the city and taking it all in. Armed with a great list of "favorite things to do in paris" by Sara Tan and her friends (who spent six months living in Paris), I hit up local spots for amazing almond croissants, delicious falafels, and great places to sit and read a book.
Mmmmmm!! Falafel!!
There was a long ass line out the door of this place, but its well worth it. And as i was walking down the street eating, a guy said "bon apetite!". I love it!
So then i finally arrived here:
This is the view of almost the whole town. There are only about 12,000 people that live here, and I´m pretty sure they all know who I am already.
And here are some pictures of the beach:
I´ve started giving private English lessons to some students, mostly ones in high school. I just told the English teachers that i work with to spread the word, and a few days later i got a whole bunch of calls. I have 7 students right now, and i work with them for an hour a week, some of them twice a week. I only see them in the afternoons, and never on fridays, saturdays, or sundays. A little money under the table....always good!
My first week here I lived with the main English teacher at the school, Teresa, because I wasnt sure about my housing. At the time I had two different apartment options, but I wanted to see the places first before accepting either one.
I didnt really like either of them...so i spent that first week looking for places. A friend of Teresas called her one night and told here about a friend who was moving from Canet to Barcelona and wanted to rent out her place here, and the following day i went to see her.
It all worked out, and her apartment is great. Its like im only renting a room from her, but since shes living in Barce now, i have the place to myself. Its a three bedroom apt, and i have a queen size bed (yay!!) and my own bathroom...well i suppose i can use both bathrooms if i really wanted to. Theres also a huge terrace outside, from which i can see the ocean. Just about everyone here has a view of the ocean, though. Its like IV, only theres lots of hills, and not as many parties. And when i wake up in the morning and walk outside, i dont smell stale beer, i smell fresh bread :)
So i have a resident ID card now, and the woman at the police station where i got it was really nice to me. Im really only supposeed to be allowed to stay in the country until my program ends (May 31st) but i told her i wanted to stay longer, and at first she said i could stay until July, and in the end she told me that I could stay until Sept. 26th. We´ll see if i stay that long, but i have a feeling im going to want to stay for the whole summer.
I´ll take some pictures of my apartment soon, and also of the school where i work. Expect that for my next post!
Adeu!
